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Mr. and Mrs. Iyer Plot

A bus is setting out to Calcutta from a village in West Bengal. Meenakshi Iyer, who is from a strict orthodox Hindu background, is leaving to Chennai for her husband, with her young child, after the vacation with her parents. By chance, she gets a co-passenger who is also to Chennai, Rajah, a photographer, introduced by one of the friends of her father. During the journey they build a good relationship. But a Hindu-Muslim communal riot sets out in the meantime, in some areas they had to travel. Then she comes to face the fact that Rajah is not a Hindu but a Muslim whose real name is Jehangir. Even though she curses herself at that time while some Hindu fanatics evade their bus she saves him introducing as Mr. Iyer. But they have to reach their destination while the other passengers know Rajah as no one else but Mr. Iyer.

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  • 3.5/5
By Gauri P Kholkar
An uncommon love story...Watch it for Konkana Sen Sharma

Meenakshi Iyer is on her way to Calcutta along with her infant son and her parents request fellow traveller, Raja Chowdhary to help her during the bus journey.Set amidst the backdrop of communal riots,Raja reveals his Muslim identity to her as a rioting mob enters the bus.On first thought,she is resents his company but later introduces him as Mr Iyer to the mob and from thereon unfolds a sweet and most unlikely romance,one that is beyond religious barriers.The movie keeps you engrossed till the end,as the two strangers struggle to find their way home while pretending to be a couple.Aparna Sen manages to extract the best out of her actors.Rahul Bose...

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